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Soulsliver

CR 2.00 Outsider NE Medium HD 3

This smooth-featured, humanoid creature appears to have skin made entirely of mirrored glass.

Description

A soulsliver is an extradimensional shapechanger that lurks in the half-dimensions behind mirrors. It watches creatures on the Material Plane through reflective surfaces, assumes their likeness, then crawls through the mirror to kill and feast upon its prey. Whether they are bizarre offshoots of the doppelganger race or originate from some aberrant magic used to create a demiplane, soulslivers are responsible for many unsolved murders, and their mirror travel makes them hard to catch.

A soulsliver causes trouble for a short while in its assumed form, then retreats through the mirror to its home plane. Its native plane is an aspect of the Plane of Shadow, with reversed and grossly distorted creatures and scenery from the Material Plane.

Combat Stats

19 (3d10+3); fast healing 1

15, touch 14, flat-footed 11 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +1 natural)

Init

Speed

40 ft.

Fort

Ref

Will

BAB

CMB

CMD

Melee: 2 slams +5 (1d4+2)
Racial Modifiers: +4 Acrobatics when jumping, +4 Disguise when using change shape

Ability Scores

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

Death Throes — When a soulsliver is killed, its body explodes into jagged glass shards that deal 2d6 points of piercing and slashing damage to creatures within a 20-foot-radius burst (Reflex DC 12 half). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Special Qualities

change shape (any humanoid, alter self)

compression

Mirror Travel — At will as a standard action, a soulsliver can crawl into any mirror as if it were a door or window, instantly transporting itself to another mirror within 500 feet as if using dimension door (caster level 7th). It can remain within that mirror indefinitely, or on its next turn crawl out or use this ability again. Its compression ability allows it to enter or exit Diminutive or larger mirrors. It can only exit a mirror if it is using change shape to take a specific creature's form.

Perfect Copy — When a soulsliver uses change shape, it can assume the appearance of a specific individual. However, it is always the mirror image of the person it copies, which might give away that something is wrong.

sound mimicry (voices)

Feats

Dodge, Improved Initiative

Special Abilities

Universal Monster Rules

Change Shape (any humanoid, alter self) Su from Universal Monster Rule

A creature with this special quality has the ability to assume the appearance of a specific creature or type of creature (usually a humanoid), but retains most of its own physical qualities. The creature cannot change shape to a form more than one size category smaller or larger than its original form. This ability functions as a polymorph spell, the type of which is listed in the creature's description, but the creature does not adjust its ability scores (although it gains any other abilities of the creature it mimics). Unless otherwise stated, it can remain in an alternate form indefinitely. Some creatures, such as lycanthropes, can transform into unique forms with special modifiers and abilities. These creatures do adjust their ability scores, as noted in their descriptions.

Compression Ex from Universal Monster Rule

The creature can move through an area as small as one-quarter its space without squeezing or one-eighth its space when squeezing.

Sound Mimicry (voices) Ex from Universal Monster Rule

The creature perfectly imitates certain sounds or even specific voices. The creature makes a Bluff check opposed by the listener's Sense Motive check to recognize the mimicry, although if the listener isn't familiar with the person or type of creatures mimicked, it takes a –8 penalty on its Sense Motive check. The creature has a +8 racial bonus on its Bluff check to mimic sounds (including accents and speech patterns, if a voice mimic) it has listened to for at least 10 minutes. The creature cannot duplicate the effects of magical abilities (such as bardic performance or a harpy's captivating song), though it may be able to mimic the sound of those abilities. This ability does not allow the creature to speak or understand languages it doesn't know.

Special Abilities

Death Throes from text

When a soulsliver is killed, its body explodes into jagged glass shards that deal 2d6 points of piercing and slashing damage to creatures within a 20-foot-radius burst (Reflex DC 12 half). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Mirror Travel from text

At will as a standard action, a soulsliver can crawl into any mirror as if it were a door or window, instantly transporting itself to another mirror within 500 feet as if using dimension door (caster level 7th). It can remain within that mirror indefinitely, or on its next turn crawl out or use this ability again. Its compression ability allows it to enter or exit Diminutive or larger mirrors. It can only exit a mirror if it is using change shape to take a specific creature's form.

Perfect Copy from text

When a soulsliver uses change shape, it can assume the appearance of a specific individual. However, it is always the mirror image of the person it copies, which might give away that something is wrong.

Feats, Traits & Items

Dodge from Feat

You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.

Calculated: +1 Ac

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Calculated: +4 Initiative

Skills

Acrobatics +9 (+13 when jumping), Bluff +7, Disguise +7 (+11 when using change shape), Perception +7, Sense Motive +7, Stealth +9

Spells

spell-like abilities:

3/day—Mage Hand, 3/day—Open/Close (DC 11), 3/day—Silent Image (DC 12), 1/day—Mirror Image

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: NE
Size: Medium
Environment: any land (extraplanar)
Organization: solitary or gang (2–5)
Treasure: incidental
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +7
Languages: Aklo, Common
Source: Bestiary 4

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